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What’s the key to a brilliant CV?

​Well at least in the legal industry, the answer is simple;(1) State your experience (be sure to include exact dates including month & year in each position, give a description of the firm for context if necessary)(2) Detail your major experience/transactions/matters (include all the relevant information, including, what your role/responsibility was on the matter/file, what…

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Does your CV Detail Business Development?

​Many of the lawyers I represent to clients, don’t realise they have omitted this very important area, BD, in their CV. I like to work with them, to tease out all of the relevant areas they need to list & if necessary, to extrapolate on. This ensures they put their best foot forward when applying…

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What can you gain from your performance review?

​According to our polling last week, 41% of people are considering role development as they head into their annual performance reviews. Performance reviews should be an opportunity for you and your manager to discuss the work you have done in the past year, and what you both want from your role in the new financial…

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Pride Month and Visibility in the Workplace

​Pride Month honours the history of the Stonewall riots of June 1969, which is often viewed as sparking the modern day LGBTQIA+ civil rights movement. It was a time when being gay was considered an illness, and members of the community were often threatened, beaten by police, and even killed. Following those events, people within…

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250 Lessons We Have Learnt with 250 Years of Experience

​empire group has more than 250 years of accumulated recruitment experience. Each of our consultants have added unique and valuable lessons and perspectives to the way we approach recruitment. Here is a list of 250 things we have learnt about recruitment, one for every year of experience we have. ​ 1.      The market will always…

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